A Four-Shot Superimposed-Load Military Matchlock Musket, ca. 1600-20
In the Koninklijk Leger Museum (Army Museum Brussels).
Please note the fact that - as is the case with many unusual and experimental guns! - all the serpentines are shaped and work differently! While three of them are snapping matchlocks and are released by the small, short trigger, the forward serpentine that initiates the first (topmost) shot is activated by the long tiller trigger that actually acts as a guard for the small trigger.
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